Shyvana vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Shyvana
based on 2,491 Shyvana vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shyvana vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Shyvana vs Kayn Counter Build
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Core Shyvana Items
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Kayn
It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.
Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.
Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.
Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.
Advice to Win Against Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Shyvana vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Shyvana in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some influential Shyvana versus Kayn counter statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kayn..
Shyvana normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shyvana and Kayn
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Who is Better, Shyvana or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shyvana usually fairs equally well when playing against Kayn, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Shyvana makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Shyvana does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Shyvana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Shyvana into Kayn.
Moreover, Shyvana also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shyvana vs Kayn matchups, Shyvana is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Shyvana is a decent counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shyvana against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Shyvana to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shyvana usually gets more CS compared to Kayn. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Shyvana versus Kayn build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Shyvana included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Kayn than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Shyvana boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Kayn with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Kayn as Shyvana, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Shyvana vs Kayn clashes, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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